Oculus wants to make immersive virtual theater a reality

Oculus wants to make immersive virtual theater a reality

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https://www.cnet.com/news/oculus-wants-to-make-immersive-virtual-theater-a-reality/

Rather than preprogrammed avatars, these characters are all powered by live, trained actors. Far away on a motion-capture stage, a cast leads you and others through a performance that's never exactly the same story twice.

Yelena Rachitsky, executive producer of experiences at Facebook's VR giant, Oculus, describes it as indie video game phenom Journey meets immersive play Sleep No More. The project, tentatively expected for release next year, is inventing a new VR format that attempts to widen the audience for some of today's most exciting VR experiences -- installations with live actors.